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elephant grass

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meanings of elephantand grass


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elephant
noun[C]
uk /ˈel.ɪ.fənt/ us /ˈel.ə.fənt/
a very large grey mammal that has a trunk (= long nose) with which it can pick ...
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grass
noun
uk /ɡrɑːs/ us /ɡræs/
a low, green plant that grows naturally over a lot of the earth's surface, having groups of very thin leaves that grow close together in ...
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Examples of elephant grass


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During the first and second seasons of 1997, stem tunnelling was significantly higher and cob weight significantly lower for maize without elephantgrass (table 3).
Further studies are underway to assess the effect of elephantgrass on soil physical and chemical properties.
Parasitoid diversity was higher on elephantgrass than maize.
Planting elephantgrass strips on field boundaries.
Using it for biofuel crop production—for biodiesel, short-rotation coppicing or elephantgrass to fuel combined heat and power plants—would have multiple benefits.
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Another of these defoliants is an organic arsenic-containing compound which was used to destroy elephantgrass and rice.
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There is no lesser crested aphid out there in the elephantgrass waiting to reveal itself and hold up the scheme.
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Could we not therefore do more to promote heating materials derived from renewable raw materials, that is from biomass, elephantgrass and even from grain?
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Elephantgrass, willow or whatever might be grown, but that is not an answer to the situation that we are in now.
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Miscanthus or elephantgrass is a very attractive crop.
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The elephantgrass was chest-high so visibility was limited.
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The bhabhar tract gives place to the terai area which is covered with tall elephantgrass and thick forests interspersed with marshes and swamps.
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The entire mountain is a rugged, uninviting wilderness blanketed in double- and triple-canopy jungle, dense thickets of bamboo, and waist-high elephantgrass.
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Tall elephantgrass is found on higher ground, while short grasses cover the lower grounds surrounding the beels or flood-created ponds.
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The rest of the lake is being diminished by water diversions or was infested with weeds like elephantgrass and water hyacinth.
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